Survey shows travel trends changing

Survey shows travel trends changing
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SURVEY SHOWS TRAVEL TRENDS CHANGING
(Value for money the top consideration)

Today’s family vacations are shorter yet more elaborate and expensive, involving journeys to farther -- particularly exotic -- locations than what most people remember from their childhood, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive® commissioned by Best Western International. In addition, travelers are more likely to include pets in their trips over grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Eighty-eight percent of U.S. adults who take family vacations indicated that a getaway these days is different from when they were children
More than half (55 percent) claimed that today’s vacations are more expensive, while just over two-fifths (42 percent) said they now travel greater distances
36 percent stay in hotels more now than as a child, with 29 percent of adults who have children under 18 living in their households indicating they are less likely than those without children living with them (39 percent) to stay in hotels more now than they did as a child
19 percent say vacations have become shorter now than in their youth
Among those who take family vacations, value for the money (62 percent) and the desire to spend time with loved ones (38 percent) are the top considerations when determining where to go on the family vacation
About one-third (31 percent) indicated they would most enjoy a trip to the mountains, like in “The Great Outdoors.” Adults in the Northeast were least likely to indicate they would most enjoy a trip to the mountains (23 percent), compared to adults in the Midwest (36 percent), South (35 percent) and West (30 percent
When respondents were asked who is included in their family vacations, more people indicated they include their pets (13 percent) over grandparents (10 percent), aunts and uncles (nine percent) and cousins (nine percent). On a regional level, Midwest travelers are most likely to include pets (17 percent) vs. those in the West (15 percent), South (12 percent) or Northeast (eight percent)

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Readers comments:

Ross P : Travel vacations are very different now from when I was a child. We didn't have any. The best difference is the ability of a family to rent or buy an RV and take everyone to different places, places they would never go if they had to stay in an hotel. Wonderful for the family and very educational for the kids. Renting to try it is a great way to start.

blackrockjoe : Our way of life is in decline and has been for years. It is the old frog in the pot idea. If you boil water in a pot and put a frog in it he will jump out fast...but if you put him in luke warm water and turn the burner up very slowly he will cook himself to death. 'We The People' are that frog in the pot of water. We are controlled slowly. Our freedoms taken away bit by bit very gradually. This talk of the RV Industry continuing as always won't happen. Right now the price of gas is so high people can't afford to winter in AZ. The long drive from Washington state is murder on the pocket book. This is just the beginning of the end for our country. Read The Biggest Secret by David Icke and wake up America.

HB : As a RV park owner we see family group, small friend group and very large groups return yearly to camp at our park. It is exciting to see people come prepared in their RV to enjoy every minute they are here. It is also nice for us to have happy fun loving people arrive and appreciate the park and our efforts to give them the best that we can.

Bill K : I think that the fact that people think travel is more expensive and value for money is a main consideration leads to RVing. What could be better than your own bed wherever you want it whenever you want it. RVing is going to become bigger and bigger in my opinion.

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